Retributed

Chapter 30

Retributed: Chapter 30

~The Next Morning~
~Lexis P.O.V.~

Opening my eyes after my mid morning nap before starting the next round of chemo, I was really hoping I'd feel energized or at least well rested but instead I felt incredibly fatigued. Damn near to where I didn't feel like I had the energy to move any part of my body and this whole process for treatment felt like it was making me worse than better... I already wanna stop and just go home. I'd rather progressively get worse than have to feel like how I feel right now. I shouldn't even be here, I should be at home with my family at my side and my empire right in front of me. I've only seen my Granddaughter one time when she was in the hospital... one time and instead of being there to see her grow, I'm stuck right here in this bed.

I truly hate this.

Looking over to my left side, I saw Nelle Bells asleep on her cot that one of the nurses brought in for her and I was gonna try my hardest to not wake her sleepy ass up. I know she's been stressed out and tired since the beginning of all this and I feel bad that I've made her my nurse opposed to my wife. I keep reminding her I'm gonna treat her to something real special for all that she's done for me, not sure what but it's gotta be something very special because she's been going the extra mile for me... riding for me like I love.

However, I was feeling really thirsty and saw my cup of water from earlier this morning just out of arms reach. I still didn't want to wake up Nelle Bells, so I'll just get it myself. I used the remote to the bed to get myself sitting more upright and I figured I could just scoot myself to the edge of the bed and reach over to the tray to grab the cup. Carefully shifting myself, I got right to the edge and immediately an alarm started going off which not only startled me but scared Nelle Bells awake.

"Lexis-"

"I'm fine Nelle Bells. I just wanted my water." I said breathing out the damn sigh of defeat as I watched her instantly throw her covers off and stand up to walk around my bed to grab the water. "I thought they turned the bed alarm off." I added as she handed me my water. This alarm was about to give me a headache, it was too loud and actually hurting my ears. "I'm sorry for waking you up like that. I wanted you to get some sleep and thought I could manage something as simple as getting my cup of water."

"It's fine, hun." A smile on her face as she pressed the button on my remote for a nurse. Side note; this water is the greatest thing since sliced bread. Something about hospital water is just so quenching and I want to go home with my own personal supply of this exact water. It's just got such a pleasant taste to it, the ice is the perfect size, it constantly stays cold and I can't tell Nelle this because she thinks all water tastes the same but she just has terrible taste buds... she'll also claim I've officially gone crazy. "The nurse is going to take forever, I'll just turn it off myself." Oh God, here she goes. I'm not gonna interfere, I get scared when she decides to take charge of certain situations... this is one of those situations so I'm just gonna sip this water. "There." You sure you turned it off correctly, though?

"Thank you."

"Of course. How are you feeling?" She reached down and planted a soft kiss on my forehead, making the corners of my mouth instantly pull back into a smile. I wanted another kiss- she read my mind because I got another right on my cheek.

"I'm feelin' better now. Would make my morning if you went below the belt-"

"Lexis."

"I'm kiddin' calm down... but like one time? I'd probably nut fast anyways so it's not like you'd strain your neck-"

"Lexis. What the hell is wrong with you? Not in the hospital, we could go to the car for that." My eyes slightly widened at the second part of her statement and I was clearly amused by the direction this conversation has gone.